UNU-IAS PhD and Postdoctoral fellowships

Every year UNU offers PhD and
Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and policymakers,
especially from the developing world, with a multidisciplinary context
within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of
professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct
relevance to the research agenda of their selected UNU Institute for the
Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) or UNU Centre for Policy
Research (UNU-CPR) programme.

The Fellowship Programme provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to:

develop and advance their research under the supervision of a
UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR faculty member and contribute to the overall research
agenda of the Institute;

widen their research interests and professional networks by working
in the international and multi-disciplinary context of UNU-IAS and
UNU-CPR, and with their wider network of Japanese universities and
research institutes, as well as international collaborators;

become exposed to the workings of international and multilateral policy processes and the broader UN system; and

link with other UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows.

The Fellows are
resident at UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR in Tokyo, Japan for the full term of the
fellowship. This gives the PhD and Postdoctoral Fellows the opportunity
to gain from the broader research programme of lectures, seminars,
workshops and conferences arranged by UNU-IAS and UNU-CPR. UNU's close
institutional links with Japanese affiliated professors and researchers
from key universities and think tanks in Japan and around the world
also allow Fellows to link into the broader Japanese academic and
research community. Since the start of the Fellowship Programme at
UNU-IAS in 1996, more than 250 young scholars, 70% of whom are from the
developing world, have benefited from collaboration with UNU-IAS/UNU-CPR
and Japanese scholars in this way. Applications will be invited for the following three fellowship types:

1. Applicants must have gained their PhD degree on or after 2 April 2008 for the 2014 Fellowships. 2. Proficiency in English is essential.3. Applicants must be citizens of countries that have diplomatic relations with Japan. Japanese nationals are not eligible.

24 months

UNU-IAS or UNU-CPR, Tokyo, Japan

ReviewReview of applications by the Fellowship Committee will begin
immediately after the application deadline. Short-listed candidates
will be contacted for a telephone interview and to provide reference
letters. Final selection results of the 2014 Fellowships will be
announced in June 2014.